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by orwin 1175 days ago
Car were safer and safer, ABS and stuff helped, Also the whole world started doing crash tests to help protect the drivers and passengers.

Note that the trend continued past 2014 in Europe (stabilizing now). Two differences:

- Less SUVs/light truck on the road in Europe (it's changing)

- crash tests in Europe test small cars against SUVs, SUVs against trucks... All different combinations. If your utility vehicle / SUV doesn't perform well on those crash tests, you can't sell it (hence no F-150).